“For by Him (Jesus) were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible whether they be thrones or dominions, or principalities, or powers, all things were created by Him and for Him. 17. And He is before all things, and by Him all things consist.”
I know that this is a popular saying at Christmas that “Jesus is the reason for the season.” When I thought of that, it came to me that Jesus is not just the “reason for the season,” but that “He is the reason – period.” Jesus is the reason for what? There is really no limit to what Jesus is the reason for, but I think we can come up with a couple of things that will enlighten as to the importance of Jesus in the total scheme of things. Jesus is the reason that there is a world in which we can live. Notice: “For by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible…” We understand that when the world was created it was created by Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Which is to say that we can’t relegate Jesus to an inferior position in creation. Jesus was there creating along with the Father and the Spirit. When we look into the “heavens,” or as we would say, the universe, we see the handiwork of Jesus. Because of modern science, we have some idea of the full extent of the creation of the “heaven,” or “the heavens.” When we see the beauty of the earth, we can see the handiwork of Jesus. What an eternal imagination Jesus had as He created the beautiful things that we enjoy on this earth. He also created the “invisible.” The atom is the building block of matter, and Jesus created that too. Years before microscopes, and other instruments that help us see the “invisible,” Paul wrote about those things. He could only have known that by inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Jesus is the reason that there is order in the world. Notice that He created “thrones or dominions, or principalities or powers.” We didn’t create the way the world would be ordered, but Jesus did it at the beginning. It is for certain that we have tried to mess it up through the centuries, what with the Caesars, Attilas, Hitlers, Stalins, and a various assortment of characters through the centuries, but the world has trudged on in spite of all of the evil that has been perpetrated on it, and is still perpetrated on it. Jesus made it all perfect, we are the ones who took it out of kilter, but in the end Jesus will rescue it and straighten it all out. This is part of what the New Heaven and New Earth are all about. As believers in Jesus we can look forward to a perfect day, when “thrones, dominions, principalities and powers will be perfect. It’s all spelled out in the Bible. Jesus is the only reason that we have a promise of a better day in the future. This is something that believers can look forward to with certainty. I could go on with this but you probably get the point by now. Jesus is not just “the reason for the season.” We can say that “He is the reason – period. Bro. Joe
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